The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ What are they asking each other about? 1 About the Great News 2 whereupon they are at variance? 3 No indeed; they shall soon know! 4 Nay, again, they will come to know! 5 Have We not spread the earth like a bed, 6 and raised the mountains like supporting poles? 7 We created you in pairs, 8 and gave you repose in sleep, 9 and made the night a covering, 10 and made the day [a symbol of] life. 11 Have We not made seven strong heavens above you, 12 And made [therein] a burning lamp 13 And We have sent down from the rain-clouds water plenteous. 14 That We may bring forth thereby corn and herbs, 15 And gardens thick with trees. 16 Surely the day of decision is (a day) appointed: 17 The Day that the Trumpet shall be sounded, and ye shall come forth in crowds; 18 And the heaven is opened and will become gateways 19 And the mountains shall be moved away from their places and they will be as if they were a mirage. 20 Behold, Gehenna has become an ambush, 21 For the transgressors a place of destination: 22 In it shall they remain for a long time. 23 tasting neither coolness nor any drink 24 only burning despair and ice-cold darkness: 25 An exact recompense (according to their evil crimes). 26 Indeed, they were not expecting an account 27 and they absolutely belied Our verses, 28 However, We have recorded everything in a book. 29 So taste! for We will not add to you aught but chastisement. 30